A Book Within a Book

By AZ Driftwood

The book within a book is a 3 part book. The first is poetry, the second is philosophy, and the third is a story of a fictional fantasy with attributes towards some factual renditions of the bible but in a fantasy setting.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 28, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483616186

AZ Driftwood

AZ Driftwood lives in New England, USA, and this is his first self-published book ever and has been writing for 32 years. At the age of 44, he still writes and is working on short stories and or a novel in the future.

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Copyright © 2013 by AZ Driftwood.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4836-1617-9

                Ebook          978-1-4836-1618-6

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 03/25/2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INVENTIONS TO THE YEAR OF 2012

1.   Five Card

2.   4-Way Chess

3.   5-Way Chess

4.   The Ghost Quitar

5.   Corner Chess

POETRY

RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS

A STEALER OF KISSES

FEATHER ME PEN

SWELLING OF THEE EYES

THE BATTLE OF WORDS

THE DIFFERENCE

LOSERS SONG

LONG ROAD

SMELLY THOUGHTS

SOLID EYES

PAGES

FABLES

MERE CHANCE

COFFEE HEAD

TWO-INCHES DEEP

HOLIDAYS

THE FOREVER RIVER

YELLOW HAZE

IN THE MISTS OF HEAVEN

TEAR NIGHT IN HEAVEN

WINDOWS’

THE FIRE

ONE WAY TRACK

CALIFORNIA ANGEL

REFLECTIONS

A PICTURE

SHADOW OF THE CLOCK

BAG OF BONES

MY SCRIBBLE

PICKLE ENDS

THE RAINBOW OF PEACE

STEPS OF HEAVEN

THE LENGTH OF THE MOON

THOSE EYES

TO SOULS SELF

THE NINETH TINGE

THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN

PEN AND PAPER

PHILOSOPHY

WISDOM

UNDER A CLOUD

ODE TO DEATH

THE BOOK

THE BATTLE EVERMORE

CHAPTER: ONE THE BEGINNING

CHAPTER: TWO THE FUTURE CONCEPTION

CHAPTER: THREE THE END

BOOKS BY AZ DRIFTWOOD:

SPILL OF THE INK

SUNRISE TO SUNRISE

DEDICATION

I AM THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY, JOSIE AND MY CAT, CHESHIRE. ALSO FOR THE FOUR PLUS YEARS I HAVE OF GOOD TIME FROM ANY TROUBLE. AS WELL AS MY SPIRITUAL STABILITY OF SURROUNDINGS, FOR IN ALL OF THIS I CLAIM STOICISM AS MY OVER-ALL BELIEF. AND TO ANY AND ALL WHO ENJOY MY WRITINGS, THANK YOU ALL!

INVENTIONS TO THE YEAR OF 2012

FIVE CARD

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Instead of 52 cards there are 65 cards in a deck. The fifth set is the multi-colored ones with all four symbols on it.

4-WAY CHESS

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5-WAY CHESS

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THE GHOST QUITAR

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Strings go from right up over and tied off on the left side. So you can play right handed or left or sort of instramental (Both sides)

CORNER CHESS

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a compliment game to 4-Way Chess

yellow and blue squares

POETRY

RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS

i saw a rainbow in the clouds

having coffee on the sand

a smoke and me

off in the distant water were clouds

and there out of nowhere

a half rainbow

from clouds to the sea

i thought gee just for me

then came to remembrance

the rainbow covenant

the lord gave us all

that the floods would not return on the whole earth

others past by

but did they see

the rainbow and me

i did not want to call out

to anybody

just relished the colors

fading in and out

till it was gone

no doubt!

A STEALER OF KISSES

she steals my kisses away

i go to blow one

to another across the room

and she intercepts them

then i am kissing her again

she just steals them

we once had a thing

then time separated us

but shes’ there

to come out of no where

with a hand when

i blow a kiss again

always for another

stealing all my kisses away

one day i say

i’ll get one through

to a sweet little new

and i’ll think

she probably will know

kisses are merely a blow

across the room

when i am stealing away

from you!

FEATHER ME PEN

in old days

it was ink and feather

to press against parchment paper

and it would go on forever

freedom of thought

to express whatever

some were laws

over love or war

but mostly freedom

so we strive for

all on ink and feather

to one day

we’ll all be together

under the sun

or moon or stars

and this will be heaven

so cry no tears

its been done enough

look to the future

of ink and feather

and freedom forever

SWELLING OF THEE EYES

i look beyond

the ocean and i

the amber pulse

the red eyes

awoken to the touch

the ocean waves

to see the seagull

on an amber day

the wind plays

with the trees

today

though as i sit

my eyes swell

in the ocean

today

gazing around

with hope to fly

yet i sit like

a seagull

on the ocean swelling

tide

THE BATTLE OF WORDS

people always say

take a side in a day

whether you believe them and say

its a battle over words today

they slander and copy

anothers testament

and pull it through

to thier own

does anybody still have

an individuals grab

of being a snow flake

which means no two are alike

but then again

whats the difference

they say only god knows

so its everyday stuff

that’s exchanged as what you know

then and again

it’s a battle of words

he is either wrong or right

but then again

does he know the word?

THE DIFFERENCE

dust to the devil

water to the dayspring

serpent to the devil

rainbow to the dayspring

fire to the devil

heaven to the dayspring

lies to the devil

truth to the dayspring

darkness to the devil

light to the dayspring

lust to the devil

love to the dayspring

whore to the devil

wisdom to the dayspring

the mark to the devil

a tatoe to the dayspring

death to